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 Barbecue and fellowship instead of batteries and light bulbs

As you can see in the pictures: the “Power & Light” meetings in June, held by South Lyon Power & Light and All Saints Lutheran Church, didn’t have anything to do with batteries and light bulbs. But they had a lot to do with fun, fellowship and FOOD! One participant said: “I can still smell the barbecued chicken, steaks and burgers” J

And of course these meetings had also to do with exchanging information and ideas about All Saint’s South Campus: South Lyon Power & Light.

Thanks to everyone for their interest, offered help and great ideas!

South Lyon Power & Light about to secure location

South Campus pastor Pamela H. is excited and looking forward to go to South Lyon together with a “dream team” and brighten up their new place, start regular worship, bible study, Big Questions with “Fat Tuesday” - their new outreach band, and get busy in the community “with a lot of crazy outreach activities” as she says.

Everybody is waiting for the good news that South Lyon Power & Light finally has a location in South Lyon. And the question is out there: Could South Lyon Power & Light secure the neat location we introduced in last months South Campus News? The sad answer is: No.  

After the planning commission of the City of South Lyon had approved a drawing of the place with all the required changes, this was presented to the landlord who didn’t agree with putting in emergency exits in a certain back area of the building. South Lyon Power & Light was forced to present another idea, but has not heard from the owner of the building since. A representative of South Lyon Power & Light mentioned that there is some other space available for lease which seems to be very intriguing: It is located in a great downtown location; although a little smaller than the other place it would provide enough room for worship services, meetings, and even for hosting a coffeehouse event; there is parking right in front of the building, public parking is close, and the cost is a significantly less. To get approval from the City of South Lyon doesn’t seem to be a problem, and the location finding team of South Lyon Power & Light is optimistic to sign the lease very soon.  

During an interview with the South Campus News Pr. Pamela H. said: “When I started looking for a location in South Lyon I had no idea how difficult this would be. Being a pretty naïve German pastor I really thought: we find a place, purchase or lease it, and get started with our ministry. But the last few months taught me that this whole process isn’t that simple. For example: If you want to have worship services going on you need a permission to hold assemblies – in our case from the City of South Lyon. You only get this permission if you fulfill certain requirements. Did you know that if you can seat more than 50 people in one room you must have at least two bathrooms, one for ladies and one for gents. Emergency exit lights must be inside the rooms and visible of course. Handicap accessibility is also important. And then there is the zoning. But I must admit that I never really understood this “zoning” thing. I am only glad that I have people helping me who do know what they are doing in terms of real estate. 

However, the whole South Campus process sometimes feels a lot like being in roller coaster. So many ups and downs and twists that I sometimes get dizzy with everything that is happening. Like in a roller coaster it also gets a little scary once in a while. But most of all it is extremely exciting. I find that roller coasters are a lot of fun, and so is our South Campus Ministry!” 

The “South Campus News”  is looking forward to report about South Lyon Power & Light’s grand opening soon.

South Lyon Power & Light about to lose location opportunity again?

We just received the information that South Lyon Power & Light is again having difficulties with securing a location for their outreach ministry. The problem this time is obviously the zoning of the area where the building is located. In this case the zoning requires more parking than is available. A speaker of the location finding team said: “We are not willing to give up. We will do all we can to come up with a solution!”

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